nba record for most minutes in a game

Dale Ellis has played the most minutes in a game, with 69 minutes on the court against the Bucks on November 9, 1989.

Interpreted as:
NBA record for most minutes by a player in a regular-season game
NAMEMINDATETMOPPPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Dale Ellis
D. Ellis
69
11/9/1989
@
53
7
1
1
1
18
39
46.2
3
7
42.9
14
17
82.4
57.0
2
5
8
4
2Xavier McDaniel
X. McDaniel
68
11/9/1989
@
37
13
6
1
2
12
27
44.4
0
1
0.0
13
20
65.0
51.7
4
9
3
4
3Sleepy Floyd
S. Floyd
64
2/1/1987
vs
29
3
13
2
0
10
24
41.7
0
3
0.0
9
11
81.8
50.3
0
3
4
2
4Norm Nixon
N. Nixon
64
1/29/1980
@
20
1
6
3
1
9
19
47.4
0
0
2
2
100.0
50.3
0
1
9
4
5Vince Carter
V. Carter
63
2/23/2001
vs
38
10
6
1
0
14
32
43.8
1
8
12.5
9
11
81.8
51.6
2
8
2
5
-1
6Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
63
2/2/1969
vs
23
35
3
7
10
70.0
9
17
52.9
65.8
5
7Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
63
2/2/1969
@
24
34
2
10
30
33.3
4
10
40.0
34.9
5
8Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
63
12/8/1961
vs
78
43
1
31
62
50.0
16
31
51.6
51.6
4
9Larry Costello
L. Costello
63
1/8/1959
@
26
9
8
9
88.9
5
10Ray Felix
R. Felix
63
2/22/1954
29
12
5
14
35.7
2
11Bob Houbregs
B. Houbregs
63
2/22/1954
29
8
13
16
81.3
3
12Don Henriksen
D. Henriksen
63
3/11/1953
20
9
2
8
25.0
6
13Leo Barnhorst
L. Barnhorst
63
2/3/1953
vs
27
12
3
5
60.0
4
14Joe Graboski
J. Graboski
63
2/3/1953
vs
18
6
6
7
85.7
4
15George Mikan
G. Mikan
63
2/3/1953
@
29
11
7
12
58.3
2
16Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
63
12/26/1951
@
22
5
12
16
75.0
5
17Andy Phillip
A. Phillip
63
12/26/1951
@
21
8
5
8
62.5
5
18Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
63
12/21/1951
vs
34
14
2
12
24
50.0
10
13
76.9
57.2
4
19Andy Phillip
A. Phillip
63
12/21/1951
vs
19
7
13
6
21
28.6
7
7
100.0
39.5
0
20Jay Humphries
J. Humphries
62
11/9/1989
vs
11
8
10
2
0
4
15
26.7
0
0
3
5
60.0
32.0
1
7
3
5
21Jim Baechtold
J. Baechtold
62
2/25/1955
@
30
5
6
10
17
58.8
10
13
76.9
66.0
3
22Jalen Rose
J. Rose
61
3/13/2001
@
39
11
9
0
0
16
34
47.1
2
4
50.0
5
6
83.3
53.2
1
10
5
5
-12
23Brian Grant
B. Grant
61
11/14/1997
vs
34
17
5
2
1
13
19
68.4
0
0
8
10
80.0
72.6
11
6
3
3
+9
24Eddie Johnson
E. Johnson
61
2/19/1982
@
34
7
8
2
0
10
22
45.5
0
0
14
18
77.8
56.8
2
5
5
3
25Geoff Petrie
G. Petrie
61
10/18/1974
vs
24
5
7
0
0
10
29
34.5
4
5
80.0
38.5
1
4
5
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1982-83 season.

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